Kicking off our series of spring talks entitled Meadows, Mosaics and Mitigating Climate Change George Peterken, renowned woodland ecologist, nature conservation advisor and author of the book Meadows (2013 British Wildlife Collection), gave a fascinating presentation on the topic of wood meadows. After first introducing the concept and showing some examples of traditional wood meadows in Europe, specifically in the Baltic states… Read more →
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Wood Meadows
First in our series Meadows, Mosaics and Mitigating Climate Change Please join us to find out about this mosaic habitat and it’s potential benefits for livestock systems in Herefordshire George Peterken, renowned woodland ecologist, nature conservation advisor and author of the book Meadows (2013), will give a Zoom presentation about Wood Meadows. He will cover questions including ; what are wood-meadows,… Read more →
Making Mosaics – 13th October 2020
Scrub Management with Livestock – Discussion Thanks to everyone who joined the latest Herefordshire Meadows Group Discussion, it was great to be able to return to the field. At this first event back, Rich Thomas of Risbury Court took us through how he has been managing his scrub, grassland, orchard and woodland areas. During the walk, Rich shared his experience… Read more →
Scrub management – making mosaics with livestock
The Thomas family has been managing a site with scrub, grassland, orchard and woodland at Risbury Court for years. Richard Thomas is kindly offering to share his experience of recent changes in grazing system on this mosaic of habitats. It is ideal for members who have scrub encroaching flower rich or potentially diverse swards and want find out more about… Read more →